I am delicious

I washed my hair this morning with Sonic Death Monkey (Lush) and conditioned it with Jungle (Lush). I then scrubbed the rest of me with Heavenly Bodies (still more Lush). I topped it all off with some Bliss perfume (BPAL). I am a walking bar of chocolate.


For actual reviewing purposes I will say that Sonic Death Monkey is fabulous both as body wash and as shampoo. The Jungle conditioner is a bit weird to use due to it being a hard, solid bar, but it works very well - my hair is extremely soft, much more curly than usual, and smells like tropical Skittles. The Heavenly Bodies buttercream smells nice, but I'm not sure how much I like smearing actual chocolate ("garnish" of actual shavings) on me when I'm trying to get clean.

Bliss is a very nice scent. It's straight-up dark chocolate. It doesn't smell overly sweet or cloying. As it's dried, the scent has either faded or I've gotten used to it. It smells like the kitchen when baking a devil's food cake. It's that sort of chocolate. I'm not as enamored with Bliss as I am with Dorian, Bewitched, Arcana, and Tintagel, but I think I'll be holding on to this imp for future days where I need a chocolate fix.

Brief informative interlude

Four things that, if you haven't read them, you really should.

First, a review of Anansi Boys by Charles de Lint summarizes the core of the appeal of most of Gaiman's work.

Second and Third, a two-part essay by silmaril written in response to the cartoon/burning down of embassy thing. The first part is her commentary on the entire situation, while the second entry contains further analysis stemming from comments on the first entry. They are very much worth reading.

Fourth, an article from Slate that, while parts of it rub me the wrong way, has a couple of good points to make.




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